military service

1. 1.

   a force that is a branch of the armed forces

   Synonymsarmed serviceservice

   Broaderforce

   NarrowerarmynavycoastguardMarinesair force

   military

2. 2.

   land tenure by service in the lord's army

   Broaderservice

Questions about military service

What does military service mean?

military service means "a force that is a branch of the armed forces". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for military service?

Close synonyms include armed service, service. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is military service a common word?

military service is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.